De or het noodgeval?
het noodgeval
emergency, emergency case
/ˈnoːt.xəˌvɑl/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het noodgeval
- Plural (meervoud)
- de noodgevallen
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het noodgeval is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de noodgevallen whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit noodgeval | deze noodgevallen |
| that, those | dat noodgeval | die noodgevallen |
| which (the … that) | het noodgeval dat … | de noodgevallen die … |
| our | ons noodgeval | onze noodgevallen |
Meaning in English
- emergency, emergency case
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